Latest Grandparent Podcast Episodes
Dealing With The Big "D" Word
Being Grandparents - July 09, 2024 22:00 - 35 minutesBNG 1004 Grandparents & Divorce Amongst The FamilyDealing with divorce is a tough subject for the kids, parents and grandparents. Dealing with those tough times and trying to laugh a little after the fasct. Playskool Busy Ball Popper Toy https://amzn.to/3VkodE0 Bubble Machine Gun Kids Toys ...
Interview with the Author of "Relinquished"
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - July 03, 2024 06:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsSend us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Join us for this discussion with Dr. Gretchen Sisson, the author of Relinquished, the Politics of Adoption and the Privilege of American Motherhood. In this episode, we cover: Book focuses on private adoptions between 2000-2020. Not on pare...
Can You Adopt From Ukraine? - Weekend Wisdom
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - June 29, 2024 06:00 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsSend us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Prior to Russia invading Ukraine, it was possible to adopt from Ukraine. In fact, depending on the year, it was one of the top 10 placing countries to the US. However, the government of Ukraine has said that intercountry adoption will not ful...
What the Research on Adult Adoptees Can Teach Us
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - June 26, 2024 06:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsSend us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Join this interview with Dr. JaeRan Kim, an adoption researcher who also blogs at Harlow's Monkey. In this episode, we cover: Research: Intercountry adoptees with adoption disruption and displacement histories – Adoptee perspectives Kore...
5 Tips for Surviving Summer with Kids Impacted by Trauma - Weekend Wisdom
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - June 22, 2024 06:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsSend us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Summer break is just around the corner for families of school-aged children – whether you are ready or not. You may already be planning your annual vacation, buying pool passes, and buying tickets online for local venues to enjoy together as ...
GrandPetParenting, What About the GrandPets?
Being Grandparents - June 21, 2024 17:00 - 35 minutesPets are becoming more and more common place with families and the treatment of those loving creatures has evolved through the generations. So how should you be the best GrandPetParent. Playskool Busy Ball Popper Toy https://amzn.to/3VkodE0 Bubble Machine Gun Kids Toys https://amzn.to/4e3DEb...
Personal Story of Healing from Sexual Abuse
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - June 19, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsSend us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Join this inspiring discussion with two former foster youths who talk about their time in foster care and how that experience shaped them. Lanitta was a pregnant and parenting teen growing up in the North Carolina foster care system. In May o...
How to Make and Use an Adoption Lifebook - Weekend Wisdom
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - June 15, 2024 06:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsSend us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. A Lifebook is the story of how your child came to be yours and the story of his life before he came to you. Adoption is only one aspect of your child, and at some point, his life merges into your life. However, he had a life before he came to...
Will the Pain of Infertility Go Away If I Adopt? - Weekend Wisdom
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - June 08, 2024 06:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsSend us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Question: We’re 5 years in trying to conceive and I’m TIRED. I have an opportunity to adopt an unborn baby girl. My question is, does it get any easier dealing with the infertility, the failure, the empty feeling? Does your heart stop breakin...
Finding a Clown Fish
Being Grandparents - June 05, 2024 23:00 - 37 minutesThis time o Being Grandparents, Stevie & Deanne have decided to go to the movies and visit with you about the lessons that can be taught and learned while you enjoy animated classics with your grandkids. We start with "Finding Nemo" Watch more episodes at Ok Movie Stream.com https://okmoviestr...
An Adoptee's Journey
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - June 05, 2024 06:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsSend us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Join us to talk with Cam Lee Small about his new book, The Adoptee's Journey: From Loss and Trauma to Healing and Empowerment. In this episode, we talk about: You wrote this book for Christian adoptees. Why that specific audience? Adoptees...
Can I Adopt If My Husband Is Disabled? - Weekend Wisdom
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - June 02, 2024 06:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsSend us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Question: Hello! I’ve been listening to the podcast for a little while now as I consider my desire to adopt. I’ve had many models around me who adopted their children, and although the process is difficult, I have a desire to provide a home t...
Five Types of Grandparents, Which are you - Revisited
Being Grandparents - May 29, 2024 23:00 - 42 minutesWe are now on video and you can find us at our new homes, at Ok Movie Stream.com and Ok Movie Stream on Youtube. We found a neat little article that talks about the five basic types of grandparents and we decided to take a look at what types of grandparents we had, what types of grandparents di...
7 Core Issues in Adoption & Foster Care
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - May 29, 2024 06:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsSend us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Do you want to help your adopted or foster child work through the big issues they may face in life? Join our discussion of the seven core issues with Allison Davis Maxon, a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. She is the co-author of Seven...
You Know You're Ready to Start Thinking About Adoption When . . . - Weekend Wisdom
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - May 26, 2024 06:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsSend us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Are you in infertility treatment but possibly considering adoption? Dawn outlines what couples may be considering, which indicates they are ready to consider adoption. Resources: Parenting After Infertility Types of Adoption Affording Ado...
Summer Plans, Parenting Hacks, Pickleball for the Win
Rocking It Grand with Chrys and Shellie - May 23, 2024 06:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsChrys and Shellie end this podcast season sharing some fun facts about their grandkids, a few parenting tips, pickleball experiences, and their summer plans. Listen to hear what clue that we’re living in 2024 popped up from both of their grandkids and if Chrys and Sadie won their pickleball game...
The Fetishization of Female Asian Adoptees
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - May 22, 2024 06:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsSend us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Join us to talk with Dr. Kimberly McKee about her book, Adoption Fantasies: The Fetishization of Asian Adoptees from Girlhood to Womanhood. In this episode, we cover: This book explores how Asian women and girls, specifically Asian adoptees ...
My Top Two Parenting Tips - Weekend Wisdom
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - May 19, 2024 06:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsSend us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. As a mom of four children through birth and adoption, I’ve been there and done that in terms of parenting. I’ve made more than my share of mistakes and have had my share of successes as well. I’ve also had the privilege of interviewing the to...
Parent Differently with Kathy Koch (pronounced Cook)
Rocking It Grand with Chrys and Shellie - May 16, 2024 06:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsChrys and Shellie are thrilled to let you meet and hear the words and wisdom of Kathy Koch. This is Kathy’s seventh book and she so perfectly tackles the subject of raising kids with character. Kathy says, “Character marks us because it forms the foundation of all decisions, choices, attitudes, ...
Raising and Healing Abused and Neglected Kids with Dr. Karyn Purvis
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - May 15, 2024 06:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsSend us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Children adopted from foster care or from abroad have often experienced abuse, neglect, or trauma. These children require a different form of parenting. In 2015, we interviewed Dr. Karyn Purvis, author of The Connected Child: Bring Hope and H...
My Foster Child Only Eats Junk Food - Weekend Wisdom
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - May 12, 2024 06:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsSend us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Question: My foster child only likes junk food and will not eat anything that doesn’t come out of a box. We aren’t fanatics, but we try to eat pretty healthily. I don’t want to feed the rest of my family the boxed junk, and I don’t want to fe...
Raising Kids to Follow Christ with Lee Ann Mancini
Rocking It Grand with Chrys and Shellie - May 09, 2024 06:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsLee Ann Mancini is a remarkable mom, teacher, podcaster, and author and you do NOT want to miss our visit with her. Her new book “Raising Kids to Follow Christ” is full of wisdom to help you raise your kids to know the Lord. Research is not in our favor for our kids to grow up and be Christ-foll...
Understanding the Child Welfare Experience from the Birth Parent's Perspective
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - May 08, 2024 06:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsSend us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. We talk a lot about the child's experience in foster care, but what is this experience like for the child's birth parents? You may be surprised! Join our conversation with Dr. Darcey Merritt, a professor at the University of Chicago School of...
Red Flags When Choosing an International Adoption Agency - Weekend Wisdom
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - May 05, 2024 06:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsSend us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. What are the red flags that may alert that a potential agency may not have the child’s or your best interest in mind? Your adoption agency will guide your international adoption, so choose wisely. Dawn highlights some of the red flags to be ...
If I Don’t Laugh, I’ll Cry with Molly Stillman
Rocking It Grand with Chrys and Shellie - May 02, 2024 06:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsMolly’s new book, If I Don’t Laugh, I’ll Cry, is a heartfelt memoir of her short life from devastating loss, grief, and financial debt to family life on a farm. Molly lost her mom at age 17 which was hard enough, but a series of events led her to spiraling into debt and shame from poor decisions...
The Joys of Being a Foster Parent
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - May 01, 2024 06:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsSend us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Have you ever considered being a foster parent but thought that it was just too hard? You need to listen to this podcast with a group of experienced foster parents sharing the joys of being a foster parent. In this episode, we discuss: Why ...
Traveling with a Newborn When Adopting Out of State - Weekend Wisdom
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - April 28, 2024 06:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsSend us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Question: My husband and I have been matched with a mom expecting twins any day now. One topic that was a particular stress point for us that we found difficult finding resources on was the logistics of flying/traveling with a true newborn, l...
Truth in True Crime
Rocking It Grand with Chrys and Shellie - April 25, 2024 06:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsChrys and Shellie interview J. Warner Wallace, a Dateline featured Cold-Case Detective. His new book, Truth in True Crime, investigates death to discover life meanings. In a fascinating conversation, Jim, covers topics from finding your identity to proving biblical truths through facts. Jim use...
Suicide Awareness and Prevention
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - April 24, 2024 06:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsSend us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Join us to talk about the very important topic of youth suicide. Our guest will be Dr. Angela Tunno, a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Assistant Professor at Duke University Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science. ...
I Feel Awful, But I Wish We Hadn't Adopted - Weekend Wisdom
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - April 21, 2024 06:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsSend us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Question: I was the one who wanted to adopt. My husband agreed because I wanted it so bad, but now, I’m the one who wishes we hadn’t done it. We adopted a 5-year-old little girl, who is now 7. The awful truth is that I don’t love this child...